National Governors Association Membership

For fiscal year 2009, the Governor's Office spent $176,200 to be a member of the National Governors Association.

by Amanda Griffin-Johnson

Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in 2008 the Governor’s Office paid $176,200 in dues to the National Governors Association. That amount covered the Illinois Governor’s dues for fiscal year 2009. According to the association’s website, the National Governors Association is a “bipartisan organization of the nation’s governors” and “promotes visionary state leadership, shares best practices and speaks with a unified voice on national policy.” The website also states that “individual states pay dues to belong to NGA, and these revenues fund the state-federal operations of the organization.”

To find this entry on the IllinoisOpenGov site, go to “Checks to Businesses & People” and scroll down “Category of Spending” to “Fiscal Yr 2009 Dues.”